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VICTORIA ~ (CP)
Premier Bill Bennett joined
British Cotumbia residents

in applying for five free
’ shares in

the B.C. Resources
Investment Corp. today
when he registered for his

shares.
Bemnett. a ed at a-elty’:

“eredit union. and the

millionaire Social Credit
leader also purchased a

. unspecified number of aa

ditional shares.

The Crown corporation.
said in a news release that,
by Monday, more than 1.4
million B.C. residents had

plied for their shares, with
a total application for
7,419,225 free shares,

The deadline for ar

been’ appli

plication for the: free shares
is Friday and they will be.
Issued in August. -.

Reésidents-can also iy. up:
to 5,000. additional ‘shares. -
coating $6-each. There had
cations ‘for -pur-
chage of: 8,020,130 additional
shared by.Monday.”:

: Bennett” reiterated his”
stance that the shares.are a’
- worthwhile investment in the.’

- province. and urged residents -
I take. ‘advantage. of | the:

chance © to’ purchase: ad:
ditt

the ‘other “things; ‘like

said ‘the-premier,. “That's
what Tm. going to try: to ah,

combat abuse

_ OTTAWA Ae
iu no
‘tha fh

contenrporary.

problems in con ;
soclety — violence by or’
against children — a.

national conférence on

children was told Tuesday.

Discussing child abuse and
fuvenile crime, conference
speakers lashed out at those
who refuse to meet the issue
head-on. .

“We cannot afford to bring

intg-this wo
We dormt-oape for

‘Van’ . Stolk,
Montreal's Tree Foundation.

gater

eld: nile ad bene

onal to most pedpie
, GAT say. ven.
‘it’s worth: eancelling: some at

s

“Live. “a ‘little more,
modestly and put the money
into. the’ B.C, Resources

- Investment’ Corp. "

“Bennett: also urged
redidents ‘to retain their

‘ shares and fot to ‘sell ‘them

‘

‘reducing. your ‘vacation,"'-

immediately.
‘windfall. profit. |: ae
* The BCRIC: portidlion in-

“eludes -. government-owned -
* before Canadian citlzenship -

resource companies’
‘pritnarily in the forest sector
—. plus -10 -per cent’ of the
shares of Westcoast) Tran-
| Bmiggion and drilling rights -
to natural. aoe properties in
hortheastern
Treanutiie “on. :
Caadans have’ taken ad-
ge of the free shares
otter “ay applying for,

in Aug at for a.

citizenship, which allows
them in turn to apply for the:
free shares in the cor-
poration.

Citizenship court officals
here said lineups this: week
lave been arrobvious result
of the deadline for share
applications. . ‘

It takes about four months
fram the date of application

is granted but all that per-
sons require in applying for
the free shares is a. receipt
showing they had applied for
citizenship,

David Helliwell, _ cor-
poration president, said that
figures released Monday
reflected only applications

‘which had been processed, °

Action said needed now on

of children.

Wi tondbectusebenwe do:
dangerous’ and agonizing. j that we are creating the very:

tlément ‘inthe community. .
‘that-: causes, “averybody's ;

children,’ and the ‘adults;.a
grave. problem, im,” 3 said, Mary
‘founder : Of

She ‘said: clitldhood -: ex--

‘perienices are -“the primary

causes of criminality."-
Judge Guy ‘Goulard of: tlie

ALERT - ‘BAY, B.C.
(CP) — A native Indian
band here has criticized
the decision by the local
hospital board not to sus-
pend a doctor who was
found negligent by an
oan 1-yeargld Indian

The Nimpkish hand
council demanded .
Tu the termination
of hospital privileges for
Dr. Jack Pickup pending
the results of the inquiry
recommended ad the

Pickup was " found
negligent in the death of

INDIANS, WANT |
_ DOCTOR OUT.

inquest jury in the death ©

‘Renee - Smith ‘who died .
Jan, 22 of severe. per: -
itonitis and acute ap--j
pendicitis, five days after
she was first taken to.
hospital complaining of
severe stomach pains.

“Wecannot be left with
Dr. Pickup as the sole
practitioner when the
majority of hospital users
lack confidence in him,”
the band said.

Len Perry, board
chairman at St. George’ B-
Hospital, said the board

wants to wait for the rec-
ommendation of the
inquiry announced

; Canadian

ae “Court .

‘agreed and aajel it ia tie ts
atop:: talking... abdut.'-the.
pro jlem’ and time to get to
work, on-it before it is too
‘late.

He *

said. increasing

: Juvenile violence involves

children who are raised on a
diet -of wife-or child-beating

-, by thelr fathers or- mothers.
“The: result could destroy

society from
‘unless elected’ of-

heel, ‘jurists’ and parents

wake up to what is
pening, he ‘warned. .

| Even young girls are being
charged with violent crimes,
he said with agreement from
Insp. Fern Alexander of the
Metro Toronto police * and
Bruno Marcear of the

is hap-

‘Universite de Montreal

- criminology: school.’ . ;
They said parents must |

learn to be firm and strict,

- but above all just and fair

with children.
Those in regular contact

with children, especially

disturbed children, must

. Shed what Ms. Van’ Stolk
ealled a bleeding heart

approach to child-rearing.

The idea that ‘children’s
problems will disappear
under a blanket of love and

- concern: is finé as long as

control and discipline are
maintained, ‘the audience
was told.

Goulard, who deals ‘daily
with child abuse. and
violence asan Ottawa family

court jiidge.. sald youthful
crimes‘pf violence -had.risen.
to ik.ta nationally in t877
fram *t 500 in 1953.

He said Statistics Canada
showed similar figures for
vrimes. against property.
There were fewer than 200 in
1955 and 1.463 in 1977.

Goulard deplored =a
provincial plan to close
vocational schools which, he

said. are often the only place

young offenders can be
rehabilitated, Otherwise
they will wind up in prisons
with hardended offenders,
’ A woman attorney from

Montreal said that in every

rape, murder or assault case
‘she had examined the per:

‘petrator had experienced or

witnessed incest, spouse or
child beatings as a child.
Ms.. Van Stolk said that

kind of child-rearing must be’:

8 and its effects on
em reversed. Com-
munities could not afford to
continue wrenching children
away from disturbed parents
because it solves nothing. 4

She suggested © more

. Stringently aplled laws or

even sterilization of child-
beaters as long-term

terrenta. .

More than 25 private and
public orgainizatlons, ‘in-
cluding - representatives
from municipal, provincial
and federal governments
have participated
conference.

~ Clark’s wife retires again

_ OTTAWA (CF) — After
campaigning vigorously for
her hushand for two months,
Maureen McTeer has

a out of the limelight...

e is learning her new
role a the prime minister's
wife, overseeing the move to
24 «Sussex «= Drive = sand
resuming her frequently.
interrupted law career by
articling with an Ottawa law

firm.
Now that her campaign on

behalf of husband Joe Clark

is over, She will’ lead a
private life, giving no in-
terviews for at least two
months, an aide said.
“She's trying to fit so
much in,” said aide Wendy
Orr. ‘Anyone who looked at
her calendar would see
clearly haw busy she is.’”
During the campaign for
the May 22 electlon which
brought Clark to power with
a minority Progressive
Conservative government,
Ms. McTeer attracted
almost as much media at-

tention as her husband.

She knocked on doors and
shook hands with voters in
Clark's Yellosheae riding in
Alberta, apologizing for
absence while he led the
party's national campaign.

A campaigner since age
12, Ms. McTeer, now 27, also

‘discussed issues on her own

in Nova Scotia, Ontario and
Manitoba and put her fluent
French to good: use in
Quebec
She was considered a valu-
able asset to Clark, Former
Conservative leader Robert
Stanfield praised her as a
woman with “her head
screwed on pretty tight.”
Some said that remark
implied a contrast. to
aret Trudeau, whose

Kiasand-tell confessions were
thought. to bes em
barrassed the fori: ¢ ime

. minister during the cam:

paign.

Ms. McTeer has spent
little time savoring the
rewards of victory — such as

the luxurious

ministerial residence, -
Five days before Clark
was sworn in’ as prime

prime

minister, she returned to.

work at the law firm,

Her career has suffered
setbacks because of the time
she spent in the political
arena with Clark.

She failed her last year in
law schoo! because she s:
so much time helping

in the. party leadership in
1876.

She graduated a. year
later, but took a year off to
look after newborn daughter
Catherine, now two.

She took a. two-month
leave of absence as an ar-
ticling studént for the
election campaign, and must
atil] take six months of bar

admission courses before.

becoming a fully-qualified

wyer.

As of today, she will be.
coming home to a 111-year:
old, 35-room mansion, a step
up from ihe more modest

Stornoway, official
residence of the leader of the
Opposition in nearby Rock-
cliffe,

Ms, McTeer won't be at 24
Sussex Drive when the:
furniture arrives because
she'll be working. But she
has apent several evenings
examining her new home
with an interlor decorator.

Ms, McTeer apparently
wants several changes in the
house the Trodeaus
redecorated for about
$985,000, according to public
works figures,

Mrs. Trudeau had the
living room painted beige;
the dining room is
wallpapered in orange and
red. Ms. McTeer, who spent

y $16,000 on Stornoway
had the walls there painted
chocolate brown.

Ma, McTeer, who did the
cooking while Clark was
Opposition leader, will have
a staff of about 10, Including
a chef, maids and
housekeeper at 24 Sussex.

ltsagift
for children

at Jack Cook

, 1979, Page 9

Its fun and its free. It’s agift from the Beautiful B.C.
(BBC) General Radio Services in Terrace. This set of
climbing frames was donated to the Jack Cook School
by the club. Seen here with the students are (front to
back at left) Miles Clay, principal, who is receiving
the cheque for $1,000 from “Dino”; ‘Hey Hon’’ and
Rock Crusher’. Proceeds were raised from the club's
valentines dance.

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